OK, customer, regulatory, and statutory requirements aside... am I required by AS9100C to obtain the Original Equipment Manufacturer's (OEM's) certificate of conformance when purchasing Mil Spec hardware from a distributor?
We currently accept purchased product based on the distributor's certificate of conformance along with dimensional and visual inspection of the product to the applicable specification. We do not currently require the distributor to send a copy of the manufacturer's C of C, only that they certify the parts meet the spec.
My company has some MS hardware that has been in stock for upwards of 10 years and we are getting some resistance from our customer about using it. They are verbally implying that we should have the manufacturer's cert. Not because it is a requirement they impose on us, but because it is a requirement of AS9100.
Can anyone prove to me that AS9100 requires me to obtain the manufacturer's certificate of conformance when purchasing Mil Spec hardware from a distributor?
-Looking forward to a quick response, we will be having a conference call with our customer tomorrow morning.
Thanks!!!
We currently accept purchased product based on the distributor's certificate of conformance along with dimensional and visual inspection of the product to the applicable specification. We do not currently require the distributor to send a copy of the manufacturer's C of C, only that they certify the parts meet the spec.
My company has some MS hardware that has been in stock for upwards of 10 years and we are getting some resistance from our customer about using it. They are verbally implying that we should have the manufacturer's cert. Not because it is a requirement they impose on us, but because it is a requirement of AS9100.
Can anyone prove to me that AS9100 requires me to obtain the manufacturer's certificate of conformance when purchasing Mil Spec hardware from a distributor?
-Looking forward to a quick response, we will be having a conference call with our customer tomorrow morning.
Thanks!!!